Holiday Guide Frontiers of the Roman Empire visithadrianswall.co.uk inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2005 Contents The edge of the Roman Empire... 2 Roman Heritage in Hadrian’s Wall Country 4 Walking and cycling Hadrian’s Wall 14 Getting around Hadrian’s Wall 16 Fit for an Emperor! 18 What to do & help to do them 20 Accommodation rating schemes 28 Accommodation entries 31 Section One Tyneside to Hexham 32 Section Two Hexham to Brampton 38 Section Three Brampton to Ravenglass 50 List of advertisers 62 Support the Wall 64 Hadrian’s Wall Country competition 65 Important note: You are strongly advised to double check prices, dates etc before making final arrangements. All liability for loss, disappointment, negligence or damage caused by reliance on information contained in this publication is hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. © Crown Copyright and database right 2013. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900. Photo credits: Roger Clegg, Graeme Peacock, Andrew Heptinstall, Cumbria Tourism, NewcastleGateshead Initiative, English Heritage, The Vindolanda Trust, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and Cass Gilbert/Sustrans Front cover: Main image - Housestead Crags, Hadrian’s Wall Insets from left to right - Birdoswald, Long Byres at Talkin Tarn and Lanercost Tea Room This project is part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas visithadrianswall.co.uk KIELDER WATER & FOREST PARK A7A7 GLASGOWGLASGOW THE NORTNORTHH N DUMFRIES Bellingham LANGHOLM, B6318 A7 TOURISTOURISTT CatlowdyCatlowd Wark RROUTEOUTE TO Roman Army Housesteads Chesters EEDINBURGHDINBURGH Bewcastle Museum Northumberland Roman Fort B6320 Roman Fort A68 National Park Centre, EDINBURGH,EDINBURGH, NorthNorth A75 Birdoswald Once Brewed THE NORTNORTH A1 Roman Fort Whitley A74(M)A74(M) P BaBayy SeaSea P A696 NEWCASTLENEWCASWCASSTLESTLE 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Major conurbationsMotorway (eg Newcastle upon Tyne, Carlisle) have rail stations but these are not indicated for the sake of clarity. Tyne & Wear in the north of England Hadrian’s Wall World A Roads (major) TOTO HARDKNOTTHARDKHARDKNOTT FORFORT Senhouse 0 hr 41 min 1 hr 15 min 1 hr 14 min 1 hr 24 min 1 hr 30 min 1 hr 40 min 2 hr 24 min SeascaleSeasSeascaleSeascc Heritage Site B5344B55334444 A Roads (dual) LAKE DISTRICT NATINATIONALONAL PARK Tullie House 0 hr 41 min 0 hr 36 min 0 hr 35 min 0 hr 45 min 0 hr 51 min 1 hr 2 min 1 hr 45 min Wall Remains A Roads (minor) P MuncasterMuncaster CasCastlttllee P RavenglasRavenglasglasglglasglaa ss Major Roman Site B Roads P Irish Birdoswald 1 hr 15 min 0 hr 36 min 0 hr 16 min 0 hr 27 min 0 hr 33 min 0 hr 43 min 1 hr 27 min Minor Road Tourist Information P SeaSea RavenglasRavenavengllasasss P RomanRoman Bath Roman Army P House 1 hr 14 min 0 hr 35 min 0 hr 16 min 0 hr 10 min 0 hr 26 min 0 hr 40 min 1 hr 24 min Centre (year round) Parking P Museum Tourist Information Rail station P Vindolanda 1 hr 24 min 0 hr 45 min 0 hr 27 min 0 hr 10min 0 hr 8 min 0 hr 28 min 1 hr 12 min Centre (seasonal) P Tyne & Wear P Hadrian’s Wall Path Metro station Housesteads 1 hr 30 min 0 hr 51 min 0 hr 33 min 0 hr 26 min 0 hr 8 min 0 hr 33 min 1 hr 17 min National Trail P Airport Corbridge 1 hr 40 min 1 hr 2 min 0 hr 43 min 0 hr 40 min 0 hr 28 min 0 hr 33 min 0 hr 50 min Hadrian’s Cycleway P Ferry port NORTH PENNINES AREA OF P OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY P Arbeia 2 hr 24 min 1 hr 45 min 1 hr 27 min 1 hr 24 min 1 hr 12 min 1 hr 17 min 0 hr 50 min P P P The edge of the Roman Empire... Hadrian’s Wall Country Britain’s greatest Roman monument, Hadrian’s Wall, was built on orders of the Emperor, to define and control the empire’s northern edge - an empire that stretched across Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa. Evidence suggests Hadrian inspected work on the Wall in AD122. For almost 2,000 years, the Wall has stood as a symbol of power and might. Today Hadrian’s Wall is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Frontiers of the Roman Empire, one of the largest in the world. Were you coming from the north 2,000 years ago, you would have received a rather cool